Currencies and countries

The World Currencies Database includes 788 currency symbols, names and countries with historical or other coinage information and has received over 149086 search inquires.

Selected term: Japan
Explanation: Official name: Japan. Monetary unit: 1 yen (¥) = 100 sen

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Currency or countrySearchesPercentage
NUr$ 6430 10.99%
NUr$ 6430 10.99%
SKr 5432 9.29%
RO 4259 7.28%
Ptas 3544 6.06%
CFA Franc 2565 4.39%
Euro 2518 4.31%
FKr 2461 4.21%
Fmk 2405 4.11%
Czechoslovakia 2331 3.99%
Saudi Arabia 2231 3.81%
Mexico 2143 3.66%
Greece 2052 3.51%
Continental dollars 2007 3.43%
Spain 1998 3.42%
Hungary 1984 3.39%
Republic of China 1966 3.36%
Brazil 1954 3.34%
gilder 1949 3.33%
Japan 1824 3.12%